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It’s November 25th. You’ve just come home for Thanksgiving break and the house is quiet, if only for a moment.

Tomorrow, relatives will storm the household, your aunt will plant a sloppy lipstick kiss on your cheek and your cousin will tease you incessantly about the fact that you’re single on yet another Thanksgiving. Inevitably, you will be faced with dozens of questions about your future, school, relationships and how much you have grown since the last time they saw you (even though it’s only been a year).

What better way to combat the interrogations and convince your family that you can be a functional adult than to impress them with a gorgeously colorful, festive and sophisticated appetizer.

These golden tartlets cradle a perfect combination of caramelized onions, brie cheese (ooh, fancy), cranberry sauce and thyme. They’re ideal for a holiday party at home, but can easily be made year round (try substituting the cranberry sauce with otheryummy jams) and for any occasion.

And there are only seven ingredients, so they’re extremely simple — but nobody needs to know that.

Cranberry Brie Tartlets

Prep Time:10 minutes

Cook Time:30 minutes

Total Time:40 minutes

Servings:12

Medium

Ingredients

1 sweet onion

3 tablespoon butter

1 teaspoon brown sugar

2 sheets puff pastry (thawed)

3 tablespoon cranberry sauce

6 oz brie cheese

Dried thyme

Photo by Luna Zhang

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375°F.

Step 2

Melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Chop onion into long strips (while trying not to cry) and combine with butter.